John Massie Davis: Leave Earthmen or Die & Malcolm B Morehart Jr: The Fugitives

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Jeff Engel, devoted civil servant with a photographic memory found a pen and tried to return it to its rightful owner, but somehow he followed the man into another world and three spacemen were warned before they landed on a strange planet. There were no cities, no signs of life, what could possibly go wrong? That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, featuring at least one lost sci-fi short story from the 1940s, 50s and 60s, in every episode.

It was early April 1968 and a little 8 year old boy in Sioux City, Iowa was driving his parents crazy, begging them to take him to the Orpheum theater downtown to see a movie unlike anything he had ever seen before.

More than 30 minutes after the movie starts somebody or something is in a field, somebody is riding horses and shooting rifles, but clever editing doesn’t show their faces, so you don’t know who or what! When the star of the movie is on the ground trying to avoid capture, 32 minutes and 11 seconds after this soon to be multi billion dollar movie franchise debuts, that’s when you see them! Apes! Planet of the apes starring Charlton Heston is what got me hooked on sci-fi. After he’s captured Heston doesn’t speak for almost 30 minutes, when he finally does speak, saying, “take your stinking paws off me you damn dirty ape!” The apes were shocked to hear a man speaking! I was only 8 and that’s 54 years ago, but I remember that scene and that movie like it was yesterday, and I’ve probably watched it at least 20 times. I’ve seen all 9 of the movies in the franchise, spanning 49 years, in the theater.

Planet of the Apes is by far my favorite sci-fi franchise. What’s yours? Send an email and let us know, scott@lostscifi.com. The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast has been around for only 3 weeks and 8 episodes but we’ve already received several 5 star ratings so thank you! Our first 5 star rating and reviewer was NormanH52 who said, “If you love the classic sci-fi stories from the 40s to 60s, you’ll find them here. Also, each episode has an introduction detailing author and publication information. The narrator has an excellent character range and an obvious love for classic sci-fi.”

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We’ve got two short sci-fi stories for you on the podcast today.

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Our second science fiction short story today on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast is a strange tale of spacemen landing on a strange seemingly uninhabited planet.

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Next week Moonshiners in the hills of Kentucky face an out of this world foe. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Thanks for listening.